So this is the new forum layout. Not sure how I feel about it yet. Perhaps I am too old and have a high RC (Resistance to Change) factor. Perhaps when I re-learn how to navigate I will think better of it
Kevin
Well it seems mostly cosmetical, the layout isn´t so much different.
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The "Resources" link at the top doesn't work for me. Of course, our IT department at work is still living in the Cenozoic Era and I have to use IE6, which is at best semi-retired.
Is anyone else having trouble with that link with a modern (post-Transition) browser?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Not loading well on my end, and I am on fast cable. Sometimes I have to turn of the firewall to get get it to load or post.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
MisterBeasley The "Resources" link at the top doesn't work for me. Of course, our IT department at work is still living in the Cenozoic Era and I have to use IE6, which is at best semi-retired. Is anyone else having trouble with that link with a modern (post-Transition) browser?
Seems to work for me for what I would use. I checked out some of the links, not all, but the ones I did worked. I have AOL and high speed cable RoadRunner from Time Warner Cable.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
OK, I do systems integration for a living, so please look on these posts as helpful suggestions for improvement, not simply rivet-counting for the sake of rivet-counting.
When I posted a reply, I first went to a page that said "Your reply has been posted." Then I had to click another link to get back to the thread. That's annoying and a waste of bandwidth. With "Quick Reply," that didn't happen.
When I'm typing a reply, a carriage return double-spaces to the next paragraph. The thread, though, doesn't recognize the double-space, and instead single-spaces the paragraphs. I can manually double-space with 2 CRs, as I've done here, but it would be a lot more user-friendly if the reply that gets posted looks like the reply that the member typed in.
That's something I mentioned from previwing the beta version. Quick Reply is great. No more reloading. I dunno about you but on the old one after I replied it reloaded the thread, but it did NOT show my post until I re-clicked on the thread. SO I don't see a difference here, just a new feature that DOES immediately refresh.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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I see it did break links in sig files though...have to fix that up.
The menu is horribly confusing, the individual forums used to be grouped by magazine (general interest area), now they are all intermixed. Makes it very hard to quickly review the topics in which you are interested.
So far have only found change, no improvement, some less favorable format.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
On my DSL it's taking twice as long to load a page than the last version, (which took twice as long as the version before that). The look is fine. I don't need the new post confirmation, that takes another 15-20 seconds and two extra clicks. There's also a delay with the "more" drop-down menu just to get to edit or quote and extra clicks again. The more they try to clean it up or "streamline" the more of a pia it is to get around. And I don't like the default email replies.
Jay
C-415 Build: https://imageshack.com/a/tShC/1
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dehusman The menu is horribly confusing, the individual forums used to be grouped by magazine (general interest area), now they are all intermixed. Makes it very hard to quickly review the topics in which you are interested. So far have only found change, no improvement, some less favorable format.
I went right to the MR forums and didn't see where anything had been intermixed unless I am missing something.
As to Jay's comment, it seems to take a little longer to load.
What I don't like is the box below the reply which says 'Email me replies to this post.' It seems that is a good way for clogging up my email so wish it was an option.
There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.....
I'm using Iceweasel (rebranded Firefox) 3.5.10 on Debian Linux.
Preview does not show smilies as graphics, only text. That is not good.
When I tried to edit an earlier post, The Post button result in an error message from the server. The edit failed.
Edit: This post contains four paragraphs with blank line separators, which show in edit and preview modes, but they are not showing as such after posting. Also not good
Recovering former former model railroader.
HaroldA dehusman: The menu is horribly confusing, the individual forums used to be grouped by magazine (general interest area), now they are all intermixed. Makes it very hard to quickly review the topics in which you are interested. So far have only found change, no improvement, some less favorable format. I went right to the MR forums and didn't see where anything had been intermixed unless I am missing something. As to Jay's comment, it seems to take a little longer to load. What I don't like is the box below the reply which says 'Email me replies to this post.' It seems that is a good way for clogging up my email so wish it was an option.
dehusman: The menu is horribly confusing, the individual forums used to be grouped by magazine (general interest area), now they are all intermixed. Makes it very hard to quickly review the topics in which you are interested. So far have only found change, no improvement, some less favorable format.
If you go to the root level of FOrums, it has all the General Discussions togetherm then specific ones. It used to have the Model Railroader forums listed, then Trains, then Garden Railways, etc.
I don;t go anywhere but the MRR forums so I never noticed it either. ANd there is no need to go back to the top level to switch forums, at the top it shows your current location and if you click on Model Railroad Forums instead of one to the left which is just Forums, it lists just the 4 MRR forums.
The thing that seems to hang the reload is the Popular Tags window. There's a delay afterit refreshes the topics/thread and that is the last element to be displayed. Liek it's doing a live query every time you refresh. Does anyone even use that? I've never looked at it before. Do I CARE what the most used tag keywords are?
dehusmanThe menu is horribly confusing, the individual forums used to be grouped by magazine (general interest area), now they are all intermixed.
Dave,
If you click on the "Home" link (at the top left corner) it will take you here. You'll find the Forum Discussion heading about 1/3 the way down.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I also had the error when trying to edit my post. When I tried to edit my profile I also got an error: only 512 characters allowed in the signature. I counted them, I only had 240.
Down at the bottom of the page there is a link to "Photo Galleries."
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/media/g/mrr-layouts/default.aspx
It appears to be a page where users can post photos, and I would assume link back to the post to add a photo to a thread, without having to have an outside photo-hosting site.
I uploaded a photo, which seemed to go OK. However, it then came back and said that it would not be visible until it was approved by a moderator. So, I can't test whether I can link back or not. I'll look at it tomorrow and see if any action was taken. Depending on how popular the site gets, there could be a lot of photos "awaiting moderation" and a significant amount of effort for someone.
The link is in white letters on a dark blue background. When you click it, though, it signifies "been there, done that" by setting the letters to only a slightly darker shade of blue. It then becomes very close to invisible. A different contrasting color, like maybe yellow, to indicate links that have been clicked would be preferable.
I wonder if I can (finally) use Opera to post on this Forum?
Will there be line breaks?
The suspense!
Justin
The URL I posted above for the Photo Gallery was not correct. It should be:
I tried to edit it in place, but as other have pointed out, the "edit" function seems to result in an error. The edit itself did not get done.
Wait a minute - the edit did get done. It told me there was an error, though.
I'm surprised that no one has commented on the little sexual icon that comes up under the post count under some of the avatars. Wonder why that was necessary.
Maybe it's a reminder for those of us that are so old that we've forgotten.
It seems to have turned my signature into one line. I tried to edit that, and the changes didn't take?
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Motley It seems to have turned my signature into one line. I tried to edit that, and the changes didn't take?
Oh I figured it out. Got an error. Started over and finally took the changes. weird....
Just testing, looks Ok to me.
Jack W.
The look is a little different but ok. Loading time is longer but it might speed up after some time.
Springfield PA
One annoying thing I see is that when you write a message in the reply box, there is a space between paragraphs, but in the post itself there is no space.....
Like this......
I also don't care for the extra page that comes up after you post where you have to click to go back to the thread.... I think most of us DO want to go back to the thread to see and check out our posts.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hamltnblue ...Loading time is longer but it might speed up after some time.
...Loading time is longer but it might speed up after some time.
Coming to a "new" site, web browsers will save images and pages locally in a cache to be retrieved more quickly the next time the site is accessed. This should at least slightly improve load times after a couple of visits.
Okay, let's see how this posts.... (fingers crossed)
Sean
HO Scale CSX Modeler
howmus I also don't care for the extra page that comes up after you post where you have to click to go back to the thread.... I think most of us DO want to go back to the thread to see and check out our posts.
I think that page is lame, as well. The designer's thinking is that people will use the preview button on the reply page to check their message before posting (I forget - did the old one have that?) so they don't necessarily need to return to see it. But it only makes sense to me that if one is replying to a post in the middle of the thread, which is the most likely scenario, then one would want to return to continue reading. Things like that are one reason I made big bucks designing interfaces.
I want to be positive but as of now I haven't seen much to be positive about. Maybe it's the learning curve and the resistance to change.
On the other hand there are some things I'm unhappy with. In the topics section I miss the lines separating the posts. In addition I have trouble with the blue print on the white background.
As of now I'd like to return to the old site but I'm willing to learn and thankfull that MR provides one.
Happy Railroading
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
superbe ...thankfull that MR provides one.
...thankfull that MR provides one.
Good point, Bob. Although I have already found other annoyances - which I'm not going to bother complaining about yet, it's not like we are paying for this site. The advertisers are, and they are not the ones using the forums.
It might not be a bad idea to pick a couple of the larger companies shown to the left ----->
and shoot them an email saying the area where Kalmbach is displaying their ad is not up to snuff...
Have any of you noticed that the advertising and "info" bar on the right is wider and the forum contect area appears thinner??? I guess that Is what was meant by "New and Improved"....... For most products, new and improved" almost always means smaller product, made cheaper, and more expensive.........
Lucky Ad blocker still seems to work.....